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N0. 93,191 Patented Aug. 3, 1869.

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CHARLES J. FORTIN AND DAVID H. DRAKE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGINORS TO EAGLE WHITE LEAD COMPANY,

Lettcrs Patent No. 93,191, dated August 3, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHITE-LEAD AII'D PACKING-0M8 The Schedule referred to In these Letters Patent and making parse! the same.

and useful Improvement in White-Lead Cans and Packing-Cans; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making part of this spe- The nature of our improvement consists in making the tops of cans for white lead and other packing of such form as to give them suflicient strength to dispense with the iron ring commonly used for that purpose. I

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a white-lead can, containing our improvement, withthe lid fastened on the top; v I

Figure 2 is a vertical section of same, with lid resting on the top, but unfastened. I

B is a flange, surrounding the can near the top, and below the flaring part 0.

The said flange is made in the material of which the can is composed, in the ordinary way in which such flanges are made upon t-inuers work, well known to tinsrniths. a

G is afifl'aring top, around which the lid is fastened. It surrounds the can, and its'mode of construction is also well known to tin'smiths;

The flange B gives rigidity and strength tothe I flaredtop 0, and enables it to withstand the pressure of the lid, without a separate piece ofiron, for that purpose, being placed-in the top of the can, whichlast is the manner in which the tops of cans have heretofore been made.

The upper edge of the flare may beturued down outside, so as to form a seam of about an eighth of an inch in depth, which gives increased strength to the said flaring edge.

The lid of the can is made so as to fit over the top of the'fiaring edge 0. Its constructionfbefore being fastened to the can, is olearlyshown at fig. 2.

When the can is fuli,fand it is desired to fasten the lid, the can and lid are placed (as seen at fig. 2) in a lathe adapted to the purpose,.and made to revolve,-

while the flangeAis burnished or presseddown, until it comes in close contact with the flare 0, fig. 1.

Anotheradvantage arising from the use of our improved can is that the top is more easily removed from the can than it is in cans where. a piece of iron is placed on the interior of the upper edge, to give the said edge suliicient strength to sustain the pressure of the flange A of the lid.

To open a can embodying our invention, it is only necessary to beat or hammer the flange A slightly,

when the lid will become suificiently loose, and may be easily removed fromj-he can by hand.

Having thus described our invention,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The combined arrangement, in a white-lead can and packing-can, of the flange B, flare C, and the flange- A, as and for the purposes described.

" CHAS. J. FORTIN,

DAVID H. DRAKE;

Witnesses:

Janus Moons,- M. B.PHILIPP. 

